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After hard luck and heartbreak, Sunny finally finds a place to call home—in the middle of an Afghanistan war zone. There, the thirty-eight-year-old serves up her American hospitality to the expats who patronize her coffee shop, including a British journalist, a “danger pay” consultant, and a wealthy and well-connected woman. True to her name, Sunny also bonds with people whose language and landscape are unfamiliar to most Westerners, but whose hearts and souls are very much like our own: the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son; and Yazmina, a young Afghan villager with a secret that could put everyone’s life in jeopardy. In this gorgeous first novel, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Rodriguez paints a stirring portrait of a faraway place where—even in the fog of political and social conflict—friendship, passion, and hope still exist.

Ich habe das Buch gelesen, weil es die Januar-Lektüre in einem Lesekreis ist. Erfreut, dass ich es als Frauenroman für die Lesechallenge 2020 von efell einordnen kann, da ich Frauenroman sonst aus dem Weg gehe.
Das Buch hat mich enttäuscht, da die Charaktere sehr klischeehaft aus USAmerikanischer Sicht geschildert werden. Es dreht sich hauptsächlich um Sunny, der Chefin des Little Coffee Shops und ihr Liebesleben. Ich hoffte auf ein Buch über Kabul und fand eines was mit "Jack.Tommy. Jack.Tommy. shit." (Seite 185) hinreichend definiert ist. Die Schicksale der anderen 4 Frauen sind größtenteils nach er Hälfte des Buches voraussehbar vor allem die Verwandlung von Ahmed, dass es kitschiger nicht sein könnte.
Ich bin neugierig auf die Kommentare in der Book Discussing Group.

Reist als Passagier mit bei einem Ring zu dschinny
Viel Freude an dem Wunschbuch!
Gute Reise, liebes Buch, und lass mal von dir hören!

Vielen Dank für dieses Wunschbuch! Oha, ich hatte mir bei dem Buch etwas anderes vorgestellt, der Kommentar hört sich nicht so an, als wäre das "my cup of tea". Bin gespannt...

Well, it wasn't as bad as I thought ;-) True, quite a few clichés, but maybe sometimes it is easier to tell a story with clichés? A little less of the love complications wouldn't have hurt either, but the book still manages to shine a light on the desperate situation of women in Afghanistan. I was impressed to read in an interview at the end of the book that the author has lived in Kabul herself for five years, running a beauty school and a coffee shop.

On its way to the winner of the „Non-EU-Chocolate“-sweepstake. I hope you enjoy the book and chocolates 📚

Woohoo, I'm the winner!! Great surprise for the weekend :) Especially the Biscoff chocolate looks delicious, must try it tonight right after the dinner.

A bit too mushy and sugarcoated for my taste, and OMG yes, all those clichés... But I guess at times like these it's kind of nice to read something with unlimited happy endings for (almost) everybody ;)

** Comment for a reading challenge: Never been to Afghanistan and probably won't be going anytime soon...

BC Convention release!

One of the many books I picked this up at the Book Buffet at the Falkirk BookCrossing Convention for releasing and ended up coming home with, because it looks enticing enough for a read. I had a hard time convincing my husband that I did go home with fewer books. XD

Left on tables by elevators.

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